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Sunday, June 25, 2017

MOVIE REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Humans are at war with the Transformers, and
Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving the future lies buried in the secrets
of the past and the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Now, it's up to
the unlikely alliance of Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), Bumblebee, an English
lord (Anthony Hopkins) and an Oxford professor (Laura Haddock) to save the world.Director: MichaelBayCast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh
Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Stanley
Tucci

Release Date: Jun 21, 2017

Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense
sequences of sci-fi action, language, and some innuendo

Review:

I’ve always been forgiving of MichaelBay’s live action series because the cartoon will always be a fond part of
my childhood.I’ve always found plenty
to like in movies even if they’ve been far from perfect.I’d actually enjoyed the last installment
because Bay finally seemed to figure out that it helps the series if you give
the Transformers some personality and make them the center piece.I’d hoped it was something that’d be
continued in The Last Knight.Sadly, Bay
decides to put the Transformers in the background, Optimus Prime barely has 30
minutes of screentime, leaving us with Mark Wahlberg and Laura Haddock’s
pillowly lips.The plot is an overly
complex mess that seems to find the most complicated way to do everything.There are a bevy of new human characters
including a plucky child, played by Isabela Moner, who’s introduced and
forgotten for the majority of the film only to be reintroduced in the final
act.The saving grace of it all is
Anthony Hopkins who’s clearly enjoying himself in the unrelenting madness going
on around him.Hopkins and his robot
butler provide the majority of the laughs and enjoyment in the film.The biggest issue is simply making a movie
called Transformers and leaving the titular robots on the sideline while
haphazardly throwing famous characters from Transformers lore around like
undercooked pasta. It’s a real shame
because the series could be a fun sci-fi series if it could stay focused on its
actual stars, the robots.

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A movie fan with an insatiable love of movies and pop culture in general.
Back in March of 2006 I started to write up reviews and have been at it ever since.
This blog is currently supplied with reviews from yours truly and the wonderful Cindy Prascik!